Ought Synonyms & Definitions

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• OughtDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) Owned; possessed.
2. (n. & adv.) See Aught.
3. (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed.
4. (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) Was or were under obligation to pay; owed.
5. (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.
6. () of Owe

• OughtnessDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The state of being as a thing ought to be; rightness.